Prices in the market for New Zealand radiata logs have moved downwards this month. Inventory levels in China have swelled. Record numbers of logs have entered Chinese ports in the past three to four months and more are expected to arrive as Russia and North America approach peak production. New...
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Australian timber group Forester Gunns is to sell some of its softwood forests for AU$107 million (£69 million). The sale to a US-based timber investment management organisation includes 46,000ha with pine trees in the Green Triangle region of South Australia, with Forester Gunns retaining some...
The Rainforest Alliance and Kingfisher PLC have joined forces to tackle some of the most difficult issues facing companies who strive to source their timber from legal and sustainable sources. The SmartSource programme of the Rainforest Alliance will work with the Kingfisher Group across its...
Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Greenwood Management ApS, a Denmark-based sustainable forestry investment firm, has revealed that it is in the final stages of its project to grow Balsam and Fraser Fir trees in New Brunswick, Canada. The firm has “aligned activities in order to...
Ministers have agreed to back plans to introduce a legally binding agreement to protect Europe's forests. Delegates also agreed to adopt resolutions that would help shape forest policy over the next decade. On Tuesday, a report concluded that sustainable forestry management was essential if...
Family forestry seeks solutions to the current challenges by continuing to uphold the forest owners’ commitment to sustainable forest management (SFM). The CEPF General Assembly 2011 dwelled on several major policy developments affecting forestry. Integration of SFM into these was indicated as...
he Great Cypress Swamp once covered as much as 60,000 acres in Delaware and nearby Maryland. Today the great swamp totals about 12,000 acres. But even at its diminished size, it remains among the largest contiguous forests left on the Delmarva Peninsula. From the air, there is a massive...
Wood-to-energy from sustainably managed forests can provide net-zero carbon emission or even positive carbon sequestration if the woody biomass stock is not depleted or grows over time.
Islamabad—Speakers on a seminar demanded revision of forest laws addressing landownership and judicious distribution of royalty in forest communities. Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here organized, “A Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Forest Management”. Prof. Dr. Babar...
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, June 30 (PIA) -- The foreign funded campaign Reducing Emission from Deforestation of Forest Degradation (REDD) Plus is now gaining ground as various activities by the participating local government unit are underway.
NAIROBI, June 29, 2011 /African Press Organization/ -- On the eve of the Africa Union (AU) Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai is calling on African leaders to respond to the global climate change crisis—a crisis that disproportionately impacts Africans,...
An enviromental organisation has been established in Port St Johns to assist communities in sustainable forest management. Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa) and the Wild Coast Farm and Forest organisation in Port St Johns have recently established the Wild Coast Forest...
A forest in Oddar Meanchey province is facing environmental “disaster” after thousands of people destroyed up to 1,000 hectares of natural habitat, putting revenues from a carbon credit scheme worth tens of millions of dollars at risk. Proceeds from a United Nations-backed Reduced Emissions from...
A study, described by its authors as the most comprehensive analysis of tropical forests, has disclosed that Ghana has the highest rate of deforestation, out of 65 nations, apart from Togo and Nigeria. The illegal act of felling trees has become one of the commonest offences in Ghana today, some...
Last year global demand for softwood lumber increased by more than 10 percent after having hit a 50-year low in 2009. The rise in demand has pushed lumber prices in North America, Asia and Europe to their highest levels in ten months, reports the WRQ.
Pulpwood prices in Western US were up almost 50 percent in 2Q/11 compared to 2Q/10, while wood prices were unchanged in the US South, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review. Wood costs for pulp mills in Western US have increased over the past 12 months, reaching their highest level since...
Charcoal prices are rising in the Brazilian region of Minas Gerais, according to new reports citing investment in infrastructure as the reason behind the increase. In June 2011, the value of the charcoal produced through sustainably-managed forests in the region rose in response to demand...